Archive for November 3rd, 2011

TheVerge’s Nokia Lumia 800 Review

TheVerge’s Nokia Lumia 800 Review

| November 3, 2011 | 86 Replies

My instant reaction was, “well that was quick”, to the news that TheVerge has already published their review of the Nokia Lumia 800. Normally you would expect these to appear at the very least, after they are on sale and some time after the reviewer has used it. http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/3/2534861/nokia-lumia-800-review Natural and pleasant to the touch, [...]

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Video: HRS Hotel Reservation Service demoed on Nokia Lumia 710

Video: HRS Hotel Reservation Service demoed on Nokia Lumia 710

| November 3, 2011 | 7 Replies

At Nokia World, we got a demo of the HRS (Hotel Reservation Service) demoed on the Nokia Lumia 710 (for Windows Phone). This app allows you find a hotel, book and pay for it all within the app. You can also share your hotel findings on social network if you aren’t sure about which hotel [...]

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Video: Microsoft: Developer Opportunities with Nokia Lumia

Video: Microsoft: Developer Opportunities with Nokia Lumia

| November 3, 2011 | 18 Replies

The video below shows Brandon Watson, Senior Director for Windows Phone talking about developer opportunities for the Nokia Lumia series of Windows phones. He says it’s simple, get started, get noticed, get paid. He mentions app connect on Mango. An important feature in bringing apps to people is first and foremost, discovery. If a user [...]

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Nokia 700 Review from GSM Arena and All about Symbian

Nokia 700 Review from GSM Arena and All about Symbian

| November 3, 2011 | 39 Replies

Here are a couple of reviews of the Symbian Belle powered Nokia 700 from two of the most trusted sources on Symbian, GSM Arena and All About Symbian. “Since Belle, the OS is no longer living in the past.” -GSM Arena “Fluid and efficient, the OS is more than the sum of its parts. ” - GSM [...]

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Windows Phone to take 25% of Asian corporate sector, ahead of iOS/Android. Number 1 WP sales by 2012.

Windows Phone to take 25% of Asian corporate sector, ahead of iOS/Android. Number 1 WP sales by 2012.

| November 3, 2011 | 30 Replies

Ovum’s recently published report speculates that in the next 5 years, Windows Phone will take 1/4 of all ENTERPRISE shipments in Asia, ahead of iOS and Android. By 2016, the numbers suggest a deadlock between WP and RIM. Something labelled as “Other” – most likely collection of multiple mobile OSes, ranks the highest. Symbian will [...]

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Video: Vaibhav’s 15 Minute hands on with Nokia Lumia 800

Video: Vaibhav’s 15 Minute hands on with Nokia Lumia 800

| November 3, 2011 | 53 Replies

Here’s Vaibhav Sharma’s (from TheHandheldBlog) 15 minute hands on of the Nokia Lumia 800. At Nokia World, we all got one of these to test out for a couple of days and Vaibhav brings his in depth look at the new Nokia Windows Phone and his first real experience of a finished Mango product (note, [...]

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Opera Mini & Opera Mobile for Symbian Updated.

Opera Mini & Opera Mobile for Symbian Updated.

| November 3, 2011 | 25 Replies

Our favorite alternate web browser for Symbian phones, Opera Mobile/Opera Mini have just received a fresh new update! bumping them up to version v11.50(1894)/v6.50(26988) respectively. To download head over to m.opera.com  from your phone browser.  http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/opera-mini-and-opera-mobile-updated-for-all-devices I can’t seem to find a changelog specific to Symbian but it appears that all operating systems got the update together- so some of [...]

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Gallery: Nokia Purity Monster branded headphones

Gallery: Nokia Purity Monster branded headphones

| November 3, 2011 | 15 Replies

Here’s some pics of the Nokia Purity Monster branded headphones. These come in Pink, Blue and Black, matching the N9 and 800 colours. These sound quite good actually. Not had longer than a few minutes though. We had a session with Nokia’s Audio accessories heads and I mentioned wanting larger cups for the ear pieces. [...]

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